Joan of Arc
Eventually, All at Once | Record Label
The Intelligent Design of... | Polyvinyl

What are you going to blame Joan of Arc for? Guilty of originality, perhaps? The band least likely to stay broken up? Politically exact?? Hated for all the wrong reasons?! Fuck the haters. Mayhaps you know the band for their multiple brother and sister bands. Do you know Joan of Arc?

In further efforts to prove the shit talkers / unknowing'st / stray kittens wrong, July thee Twenty-Fifth of the Lord's year in 2006 marks the release of JoA's tenth full-length on their own Record Label [Record Label] (Eventually, All at Once) & a 19-track culmination of scarce hits that spans the bands lifetime [1965ish - current] (The Intelligent Design of... - Polyvinyl).

Could this be the final, definite, tombstone prepared, eventual END? All at once?

Eventually, All at Once marks a noticeable maturity in the bands output. Nil once shall you hear Tim Kinsella - the Joan of the Arc - belt out a lashing blow like you would expect from the JoA of the previous century [see: "Stemingway and Heinbeck", c1996, within the Intelligent Design]. Absent are the obviously uncovered stabs at the bloody Republicans we, the lovers, cheered and celebrated on their previous LP. Gone are those clever song titles that made art of hatred and sarcasm - "For a half-deaf girl named Echo", replaced with the noble "Miss Cat Piss and Peppermint". Growth marked - noted. The return to innocence. Acoustic guitars and seas of umbrellas.

The Intelligent Design of Joan of Arc proves to be a fantastic introduction [and companion release] to the Arc. You already own it all?? What, are you Japanese or some other awesome being? Well - now you have it on one spectacular cd - ya' ruthless bastards.

"Now I know how Morrissey felt. Now I know how Morrissey felt."

Wet behind your green ears you shall remain until you have digested & understood "This Life Cumulative". [Joan of Arc Radio, perhaps...]

Mark Twain :: [ July 06 ]